Crib attachment for bedsteads.



PATENTED MAY 12, 1908.

} w. G. SGHNBE. CRIB ATTACHMENT FOR BBDSTEADS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 30. 1907.

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wi tn cases No. 887.529. PATENTED MAY 12, 1908. W. G. SGHNBE.

CRIB ATTACHMENT FOR BEDSTEADS.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 30, 1907.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

WILLIAM G. SGHNEE, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

CRIB ATTACIEMENT FOR BEDSTEADS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 12, 1908.

Application filed August 30, 1907. Serial No. 890,820.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM G. SCHNEE,

citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in, the county ofJackson and State -of Missouri, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Crib Attachments for Bedsteads, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention has for its object a simple, durable, and efficientconstruction of crib attachment for bedsteads, which may be easilyconnected to the side rail of a bedstead and held in an out-of-the-Wayposition when not in use, the parts being so arranged that theattachment may be swung, outwardly from underneath the bedstead andeasilysecured in an operative position a'p roximately level with themattress of. the ar er bed.

ith this and other objects in view as will more fully appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists in certain constructions,arrangements. and combinations of the parts that I shall hereinafterfully describe and then point out the novel features in the ap endedclaims.

or a full understanding of the invention,

reference is to be had to the following descrip tion and accompanyingdrawings, in which:

Figure 1 isa perspective view of a bedstead showing my improved cribattachment applied thereto and in an operative position; Fig. 2'is asimilar view showing the invention applied to one side rail of thebedstead and in an inoperative position: Fig. 3 is a rear view of theattachment; Fig. 4'is a side elevation of one of the jointed supportstherefor; Fig. 5 is .an enlarged detail sec- 'tional view of the joint;and, Figs. 6 and 7 are detail side and end views of a modified form ofclam that may be employed. v

Correspon ing and like parts are referred to in tlie followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates a bedstead which maybe of any desired form, size, and construction, the bedstead in thepresent instance being illus trated as of the metallic type, with angleiron side rails 2, to either one of which m improved crib attachment maybe connecte The said attachment comprises a pair of embrace one of theside-rails and be secured thereto at the desired point by means of abinding screw, as shown. The vertical arm of each clamp 3 is extendedupwardly, as

indicated at 4, so as to form upright posts or standards. The upper endsof these standards are formed respectively with disk-like heads 5 formedwith upper and lower notches 6. Angular hanger arms 7 are pivotallconnected at one end to the heads of t e re-' spective standards 4 so asto provide jointed supports for the crib, said arms beingpreferablyrigidly connected together by the cross bar ,8. Latches 9 are carried bythe respective arms 7 and are spring pressed into engagement withthe uper or lower notches in theheads 5, so as to old the hanger arms in anupwardly extending position proj ecting above and outwardly from theside rail 2, or in an ino erative osition extending downwardly an inwardy beneath the said side rail. In order to simultaneoiisly retract bothlatches, I may provide a cord 10 secured thereto, as clearly 'indicatedin the drawings.

To the outer end of each hanger arm 7 a link 11 ispivotally connected atone end and is secured at its other end to the base portion,

or spring mattress frame 12 of the crib attachment.

13 desi nates guide rods that are ivotally .connecter at one end to theends 0 the said base portion and that are formed at their opposite endswith longitudinal slots 14 accommodating screws or studs projecting fromthe clamps 3.

l5 and 16 designate, respectively, the ends.

the latter when it is in an extended or operative osition. This leg maybe swung upward y against the inner side of the base portion when not inuse.

From the foregoing description in connec: tion with the accbm anyingdrawin s, it is manifest-that the crib attachment 0% my invention may bereadily attached to either side rail of a bedstead and be easily swungout into the operative position illustrated in Fig; 1, and held securelyin place by the latches 9 enga ing in the up er set of notches 6,assisted if desired by t epivoted leg 17. When not in use, the crib maybe easily movedto an peratrt'e position, by"releasing the latches '"ninneapper set of notches andswinging a 'entn'eattachment downwardly andindiy underneath the siderail where it will held. out of the way andconcealed by the connterpane, the latches taking into ,the lower set or-notches in the heads or the standards 4-.

If the side rails'oi the bed are of what is known as theinverted'typeindicated at 2 in Figs. 6 and i may employ clamps 3 prosided with pivotedhooks 18. Havin thus described the invention, what isclaims as new is: j

1. A crib attachment for bedsteads, comprising standards arranged to besecured to the side rail of a bedstead and to project upwardly.therefrom, :hanger arms pivotally connected at one end to the upper endsof the I standards and arranged to swing downwardly and underneath thestandards, links oivotaily connected to the outer ends of said angerarms to movein the sameplane as said arms, acrib connected to andsuspended from said links, and means for holding the, hanger arms inextended and folded positions relatively tothe standards.

2. A. crib attachment for bedsteads, comprising standards arranged to besecured to the side rail of a bedstead and to project upwardlytherefrom, hanger arms pivotallyconnected at one end to the respectivestandards and arranged to swin downwardly and underneath thesame,--li1il s pivotally connected to the outer ends of the hanger armsand movable in the same plane as said arms, a crib connected to andsuspended from said links, guide rods connecting the crib to thestandards, and means for holding the hanger 4Q arms in extended andfolded positions with respect to the standards.

3. A crib attachment for bedsteads, comprising clamps adapted to besecured to the side rail of a bedstead and embodying standards adaptedto project upwardly from the rail and formed with heads having upper and"lowernotches, angular hanger arms pivotally connected atone end to therespective heads,

latches connected to the respective arms and designed to enter saidupper. and lower notchesto hold the hanger arms in extended andioldedpositions, links pivotally connect= ed at one end-to the oppositeendsof said hanger arms, and a crib attached to said links. I

4. A crib attachment for bedsteads, comprisingclamps adapted to besecured to the rail of a bedstead and having upwardly eX- tending postswith u per an pivota y connected to said heads, latches carried by saidarms and adapted to engage in the upper or lower sets of notches, linkspivotally connected to the outer ends of said arms, a crib connected tosaid links, and guide rods pivotally connected. at one end to the endsof the crib and having longitudinally slotted opposite ends, the clampsbeing provided with studs received in the said slot ted ends.

5. A crib attachment for bedsteads, comprising clamps designed to besecured toth-e rail of a vbedstead and provided with heads formedwithupper and lower notches, hanger arms pivotally connected to saidheads, a cross bar connecting said arms together for simultaneousmovement, spring pressed (provided with heads formed latches adapted toenter the upper and lower notches and pivotally mounted upon therespective arms, a cord connected to both of said latches whereby tosimultaneously retract both of the latches and a crib pivotallysuspended from the outer ends of said hanger arms.

in testimony whereof I aFfiX my signature in presence oftwo witnesses.

Q WILLIAM G. SCHNEE. [L. s.] Witnesses J. H. HooKEn,

W. F. Sco'rr.

lower notches, hanger arms

